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PHENOCOPIES
Definition of PHENOCOPIES
noun
plural of phenocopy
noun
A phenotypic variation (in an organism) that resembles a phenotype from a genetic cause but has an environmental rather than genetic cause (and thus is not inherited).
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Word DNA
PHENOCOPIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHENOCOPY.
How it is built
Same root, PHENOCOPY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHENOCOPIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PHENOCOPIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHINOOPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and O appear more than once.
Could you have found PHENOCOPIES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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